The Perfection of Paris
After being "off" in Los Angeles for ten days, I'm back out, this time beginning a European tour with Diana Krall. We've returned to the "scene of the crime"--- Paris, France. We'll do a five-night stand at the Olympia Theater, where we recorded DK's live album. You can't believe the beauty of this city... It's immense, it's stunning, it's poetic for sure.
Flew overnight, direct from LA, and arrived in the late morning today (Thursday). I showered and beat a path straight to one of my favorite restaurants of all-time: "L'Atelier de Joel Robuchon." If you saw my list of favorite things from last year, you might recall my description of this almost temple-like space, quiet and serene, with small, intensely-flavored dishes such as "Les Palourdes" (small mussels with garlic and parsley, in the fashion of escargot), or Carmelized Quails with Truffled Potatoes. I sat beside a woman from Dallas, who is on a 2-day layover before she heads to South Africa, and we enjoyed our parallel meals. She is a "food stylist" by trade---which means she arranges food for photo shoots---so together we admired the way these exquisite dishes were presented, e.g. my palourdes on a bed of sea salt on a glass plate, or her pigeon, covered with some kind of beautiful leaf... I walked back to the hotel, ready to nap until dinnertime.
There's lots to write, about music, about wine and food, and my thoughts of what I'd like to do in the future... And I have time now to do it, so you'll be hearing from me soon.
Be seeing you!
Flew overnight, direct from LA, and arrived in the late morning today (Thursday). I showered and beat a path straight to one of my favorite restaurants of all-time: "L'Atelier de Joel Robuchon." If you saw my list of favorite things from last year, you might recall my description of this almost temple-like space, quiet and serene, with small, intensely-flavored dishes such as "Les Palourdes" (small mussels with garlic and parsley, in the fashion of escargot), or Carmelized Quails with Truffled Potatoes. I sat beside a woman from Dallas, who is on a 2-day layover before she heads to South Africa, and we enjoyed our parallel meals. She is a "food stylist" by trade---which means she arranges food for photo shoots---so together we admired the way these exquisite dishes were presented, e.g. my palourdes on a bed of sea salt on a glass plate, or her pigeon, covered with some kind of beautiful leaf... I walked back to the hotel, ready to nap until dinnertime.
There's lots to write, about music, about wine and food, and my thoughts of what I'd like to do in the future... And I have time now to do it, so you'll be hearing from me soon.
Be seeing you!
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